Right Alternative: Why did 2 young immigrants apparently choose to trash America's promise?

1:10 PM,
Apr. 19, 2013

Law enforcement officers stand watch at the home of Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the suspected Boston Marathon bombing suspects on Friday in Montgomery Village, Maryland. Tsarni asked the still at large bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to turn himself in.

Written by

Beth Murphy

Let's be glad we can take the weekend to heal and reflect on -- or take a respite from -- a week of troubling news. After watching the live TV coverage of the search for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, I chose to forgo listening to more news as I drove to work today and instead played happy music. It's a gray, cold day in Central Indiana, and the unanswered questions and anguish over the bombings and the Texas tragedy just make the day more glum.

Who can't help but wonder why two young immigrants, for whom America held so ...